BUT THINGS ARE STARTING TO GO MOVE ALONG. WE'LL TELL YOU WHY AND HOW COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS. Devin: THE PROSECUTION RESTS IN THE CASE OF A MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED RENISHA McBRIDE ON HIS FRONT PORCH. THE DEFENSE PUTS A HIGH-PROFILE WITNESS ON THE STAND. FORMER WAYNE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER WARNER SPITZ WAS AMONG THOSE TESTIFYING AS THIS TRIAL TOOK WHAT FELT LIKE A MAJOR STEP FORWARD. Ruth: ROGER WEBER WAS IN THE COURTROOM AND NOW TIME FOR THE DEFENSE TO PRESENT ITS CASE. Roger: IN A WAY, THIS WAS THE BATTLE OF THE PATHOLOGISTS TODAY, WARNER SPITZ FOR THE DEFENSE AND WAYNE COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER FOR THE PROSECUTION. ONE OF THE KEY QUESTIONS IS RENISHA McBRIDE'S DRINKING AND HOW IT MAY HAVE AFFECTED HER BEHAVIOR OUTSIDE TED WAFER'S HOUSE. ON THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE WAS KILLED, RENISHA McBRIDE WAS DRINKING SHOTS OF VODKA. WARNER SPITZ WAS ASKED HOW MUCH SHE DRANK AND HE BASED IT ON A BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL OF NEARLY .22 AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO CONSUME SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10-11 SHOTS OF VODKA. Roger: HE SAID HER BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL AT THE TIME OF THE CAR CRASH THREE AND A HALF HOURS EARLIER WOULD BE MORE LIKE.3. HOW WOULD THEY BEHAVE? THEY WOULD BE OUT OF THEIR MIND. Roger: SHE BANGED ON TWO DOORS AND PUT HIM IN FEAR. THE INVESTIGATOR DIDN'T SPECULATE HOW IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AFFECTED HER. THE BEST WAY TO DETERMINE THAT IS EVIDENCE GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE THAT SAW HER LAST. Roger: AND THE WITNESSES SAY SHE WAS NOT COMBATIVE. CHERYL CARPENTER ACCUSED THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR OF MAKING UP HIS MIND THAT NIGHT OF WHAT HAPPENED. IT WASN'T A WHO DONE IT. WE HAD MR. WAFER ADMITTING OR SAYING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. Roger: CARPENTER TRIED TO CREATE A PICTURE OF AN INEPT INVESTIGATION, NO CRIME SCENE TAPE, NO TARP TO COVER McBRIDE'S BODY IN THE RAIN AND NO PRINT TAKEN FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER. I DON'T KNOW. Roger: IN SPITE OF WAFER'S INITIAL STATEMENTS TO POLICE THAT THIS WAS AN ACCIDENT, HE IS ARGUING SELF-DEFENSE IN THIS TRIAL. HE WANTS TO CONVINCE THE JURY HE HAD AN HONEST AND REASONABLE FEAR HE WAS IN DANGER OF DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY. REPORTING LIVE IN DETROIT, I'M ROGER WEBER, LOCAL 4. Ruth: AND THIS IS A CASE THAT THE NATIONAL NEWS IS ALSO FOLLOWING. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT AT TRIAL? Roger: WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO WITH WARNER SPITZ. THE DEFENSE WILL CALL AT LEAST ONE MORE EXPERT WITNESS. EVEN THOUGH THEY WON'T TALK ABOUT TED WAFER TAKING THE WITNESS STAND, I WOULD BET THAT

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